Regret - I didn't make any best of lists for 2009, and even if I had kept them to myself, it would have been nice to chronicle something. I do have a few favorites of the decade, including Sea Change...
January's 8This is a post about paying for text online. This is just one, kind of fantastical, idea. In general, I like free content the way it is now. I just want better UIs. Now...let's start with this video...
Everyone Can Publish!Well, this is my 12th monthly 8. We're closing in on one year here at GBiotI. Practice - I'm trying to teach myself a better handwriting style. At some point I tried to mask my horrible penmanship...
October's 8I wasn't alive for any of Cronkite's evening broadcasts, but I did study him a lot in school. I think that makes me unqualified to say much about him. I love Cronkite's work, and I'll leave more meaningful...
About Walter Cronkite
Back To Being Cool
I'll start this with a disclaimer. I realize nothing I describe here is a real problem. It's just frustrating and I want to get some thoughts on my idea. A few weeks ago I told a friend about a theory...
Through Being Cool
Lifeless Images Rendered In Colorful Goop
I listen to a lot of podcasts and I don't post here very often, so I think I'll make this a regular thing. Every so often, I'll post a link to a podcast I like. The inspiration for this is The Sound...
Podcasts You Should Listen ToMagazine - I subscribed to the Utne Reader last month and I've already received the first two issues of the year. The ads are a bit odd (school of pet massage?), but each issue is a solid read. Solid...
March's 8I've heard a reports of supervisors who are worried that employee Twittering is destroying productivity. Maybe my nose is too firmly pressed against the proverbial grindstone to understand how it could...
Tweeting ProductivityIf you have the misfortune of following me on Twitter, you were no doubt assailed with tweets containing lyrics to popular songs mangled into odes to the 16th President and marked with the tag #lincolnlyrics...
Abe Lincoln Is On The InternetI like writing and I'm always trying to get better at it. I write news stories at work, I write e-mails at home and I write handwritten letters to send to friends every so often. Even people who don...
888 WordsIn 1997 I almost exclusively listened to Beck. I was twelve and my brother had a copy of Odelay on cassette in his Oldsmobile. Those were the two coolest things in my life. Fortunately, my burgeoning...
The Holiday Robot FunkSpending hours a day being enraged and confused by Garfield has paid off, slightly. The Comics Journal's blog quoted my review of two Garfield Anniversary books. Check it out: Review Quote
Critical Acclaim
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